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PC crashes while playing games

Hello my computer restarts when im playing high end games the last game i just tried playing when it did so is dying light it has also done so for several other first person games and one third person game im not sure what the problem is i was reading one of your other posts hoping my problem would be the same but i dont think it is from that post i downloaded this crash app and heres the info from it

Crash dump directory: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump

Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.

On Mon 10/10/2016 5:37:46 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\101016-11109-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x6BA37F)
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFC080954E27E8, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might also be caused because of overheating (thermal issue).
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.

On Mon 10/3/2016 4:21:28 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\100216-8781-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x6BA37F)
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFA488C182F8F8, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might also be caused because of overheating (thermal issue).
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.

As this is often an error caused by hardware, compatibility, or low-level drivers - the place to start is with these free hardware diagnsostics: http://www.carrona.org/hwdiag.html

My browser caused a flood of traffic, sio my IP address was banned. Hope to fix it soon. Will get back to posting as soon as Im able.

- John (my website: http://www.carrona.org/ )**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** If I haven't replied in 48 hours, please send me a message. My eye problems have recently increased and I'm having difficult reading posts. (23 Nov 2017)FYI - I am completely blind in the right eye and ~30% blind in the left eye.<p>If the eye problems get worse suddenly, I may not be able to respond.If that's the case and help is needed, please PM a staff member for assistance.

Your UEFI/BIOS (version F2) dates from 2014. Please check at the manufacturer's website to see if there are any UEFI/BIOS updates available for your system. If you are able to install the update through Windows (without booting from an external drive), then go ahead and update it. WARNING - if the computer might shut down during this procedure, please don't do it, as this may physically damage the computer and prevent it from booting.FYI - W8 and W10 communicate more with the UEFI/BIOS than previous versions of Windows, so it's important to ensure that the UEFI/BIOS is kept up to date (and that outdated UEFI/BIOS' may be the cause of some compatibility issues).

Although you appear to have a reasonable number of Windows Update hotfixes for this version of your OS, please double check for any new Windows Updates. It only takes one update to cause a problem, so it's essential that you have all of them. The actual number is not important. Rather it's important that you checked manually, installed any available updates, and didn't experience any errors when checking or updating.

E: drive only has about 7% free space. Windows likes 15% free space in order to perform stuff "behind the scenes" without adversely affecting the system's performance. Please free up 15% on ALL hard drives (you can get away with 10% on larger drives and won't notice a large performance penalty). Low free space can cause BSOD's - but the actual amount depends on the files being used by the system.

3rd Party Drivers:The following is for information purposes only. My recommendations were given above. The drivers that follow belong to software or devices that were not developed by Microsoft. You can find links to the driver information and where to update the drivers in the section after the code box:

My browser caused a flood of traffic, sio my IP address was banned. Hope to fix it soon. Will get back to posting as soon as Im able.

- John (my website: http://www.carrona.org/ )**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** If I haven't replied in 48 hours, please send me a message. My eye problems have recently increased and I'm having difficult reading posts. (23 Nov 2017)FYI - I am completely blind in the right eye and ~30% blind in the left eye.<p>If the eye problems get worse suddenly, I may not be able to respond.If that's the case and help is needed, please PM a staff member for assistance.

Games causing PC crashes happens from time to time. I know three reason can result in this.

1. The exe is not virus-free, so recommend you to use VirusTotal to scan it and make sure it's good.

2. If it's a game made by large game corp, then the first guess won't be possible. Usually, crash down can be caused by lacking of memory and CPU capability. You can buy the same DDR2/DDR3 memory card and have it inserted on motherboard. Restart PC. CPU changing need helps from technical guys.

3. To restore computer to the time point just before game playing, you will need a free backup software in Windows beforehand.